Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Orcas Island Lions Club announces a community fundraiser for Orcas Fire Department equipment
||| FROM JAMES BIDDICK for ORCAS LIONS CLUB ||| In the past the Lions Club has provided money to the fire department for purchase of the power lift gurneys and last year the Lions supported a community fundraiser for Mercy Flights. This year the Orcas Island Lions Club is excited
Wind gusts up to 50mph in the immediate forecast through Saturday morning
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 224 PM PST Thu Nov 9 2023 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Western Skagit County- Admiralty Inlet Area-North Coast- Including the cities of Friday Harbor, Bellingham, Mount Vernon, Anacortes, Sedro-Woolley, Burlington, Port Townsend, Beaver, Clearwater, Forks,
Call for island gifts and services for Made in the San Juans winter holiday online auction
||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| The new countywide Made in the San Juans online marketplace is hosting a fun Holiday Auction that opens November 25th. We are promoting this Market locally and through the Seattle Times and have room for more works – individual pieces, gift baskets, and
‘Cyber security incident’ impacting WSDOT website, app since Tuesday
||| FROM KOMO4 NEWS ||| SEATTLE — If you’ve had trouble accessing the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) website for traffic updates or to track state ferries in real-time this week, you’re not alone. The department’s mobile app and website have been down or experiencing outages since Tuesday. The WSDOT confirmed Thursday
Waters off Vancouver Island being watched for missing orca
Missing orca most likely dead but whale groups still holding out hope ||| FROM VICTORIA NEWS ||| Whale groups are watching the ocean carefully for any sign of K34. The missing southern resident killer whale has not been seen in recent encounters, which has the Center for Whale Research and
Ballot count continues, fire levy continues to fail
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY ELECTIONS ||| November 7, 2023 General Election Last updated on 11/08/2023 4:57 PM Number of Precincts 23 Number of Registered Voters 14,725 Total Ballots Counted 5,350 Estimated Ballots Left to Count 1,700 Next Ballot Count On 11/13/2023 5:00 PM Last Tabulated 11/08/2023 4:57 PM Voter
Rotary’s dictionary project is expanding
||| FROM BARBARA MARRETT for ROTARY CLUB OF THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS ||| The Rotary Club of the San Juan Islands is in the process of distributed age-appropriate dictionaries to 3rd graders county-wide. Now, in its 16th year, 4,776 have been distributed over the years. At the back of the
Board of Fire Commissioners will meet tomorrow afternoon
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a SPECIAL MEETING on Thursday, November 9th, at 1:00 p.m. online via Zoom and in-person at the Fire Hall, 45 Lavender Ln, Eastsound, WA. The Zoom call can be accessed on the attached Agenda and below. Topic: BOFC Special
My adventures into Tai Chi land: First of a four-part series
“You will become Tai Chi and Tai Chi will become you” - Mr. Chow ||| BY STEPHANIE ROSENBLATT ||| I just read the NPR article that will be featured below and thought I would write a four-part series about my personal experience as a dedicated student and teacher of Wu Style
Flotsam & Jetsam | We’ve got a bee in the house
||| FLOTSAM & JETSAM BY MAURICE AUSTIN ||| We’ve got a bee in the house. And yeah, it’s wavering about as if semi-drunk, and clunking headlong into walls and windows. They do that, once they warm up a bit. I didn’t inspect the firewood closely enough, is the thing. They
UPDATE: Sheriff’s Office issued alert for missing 16 year old, now located in Seattle
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| MISSING PERSON: Cosmo R. Renner-St. Clair, 16 years old. Caucasian Male, 5-5, 120 pounds. UPDATE: 2:20PM: At 2:00pm, the San Juan County Sheriff's Office was contacted by a shelter in Seattle that has located the missing person. They were taken into protective
Island Health earns an ‘A’ hospital safety grade from The Leapfrog Group
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH ||| ANACORTES, WASHINGTON--Island Health earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that sets standards for excellence in patient care. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country based on over 30
County Democrats present AG Bob Ferguson at next meeting
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY for SAN JUAN COUNTY DEMOCRATS ||| The San Juan County Democrats are pleased to welcome to our next meeting state Attorney General and leading candidate for governor Bob Ferguson. Bob will speak and answer questions this coming Saturday, Nov. 11, promptly at 10:00 AM on Zoom.
Letter to Editor | A brief, but sweet nap
||| FROM WILLIAM THOMPSON ||| At 4:30 a.m.on Nov.4, I awake. The peculiar symptoms I had for a couple days is now clear. My heart is failing. Do I call 911 or do I drive to the Eastsound firehouse where I know the highest rated EMTs in Washington will likely
Today’s release of WSF winter reservations postponed for a week
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Due to instability caused by current technical issues on the WSDOT website, with portions of the agency’s website unavailable, we are postponing today’s 10am winter season (December 31, 2023-March 23, 2024), reservations release to 10am next Tuesday, November 14. We appreciate our customers’ patience
Fire Commission is also holding budget hearing during upcoming special meeting
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS FIRE COMMISSION ||| The Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a Budget Hearing during a Special Meeting on Monday, November 13th, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. online via Zoom and at the Eastsound Fire Hall, 45 Lavender Ln, Eastsound, WA. The Zoom call can be
